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NWTC Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) campus in Marinette has seen some big changes in the last year. The campus of about 3,000 students provides education and hands on experiences employers want and offers nearly 50 career-focused programs. The campus is currently under construction and has completed phase one of renovations to the building and phase two has already begun. The four- UW-Marinette University of Wisconsin – Marinette is one of 13 campuses in the UW- System. UW-Marinette has a total of 465 students with a student to faculty ratio of 17:1. College freshmen and sophomores study liberal arts or general education associate degrees that transfer to all UW-Colleges, as well as many others that have signed transfer agreements. In April of 2015, UW-Marinette and Lake Superior State CATHOLIC EDUCATION Pre-K through 12 th Grade Elementary Campus 141 S. Wood Avenue Peshtigo, WI Middle & High School Campus 1200 Main Street Marinette, WI www.marinette.k12.wi.us • 30 www.thomas-aquinas.org 715-735-7481
Education phase project’s purpose is to rework the building, which will renovate about 67,000 square feet of the existing space and adding close to 14,500 square feet onto the school. Additions to the campus include new and expanded space for Health Sciences, Business Information Technology, General Studies and Trades & Engineering areas of study. University partnered in order to give students more options to pursue a bachelor’s degree. UW-Marinette’s vision is to nurture the strengths of both its small campus, as well as its large outlook. The university is for people of all ages and backgrounds who want to The money for the new facility comes from the 2015 referendum in NWTC’s district, encompassing Door, Brown, Marinette, Florence, Kewaunee and Oconto counties, which netted the colleges $66.5 million for renovations to the Marinette, Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay campuses. enrich their personal and community lives through education – taking their first steps beyond high school, or exploring later career paths, UW-Colleges will always strive to bring close connections among students, faculty and community members. MARINETTE - Bay Area Medical Center is in the midst of building a brand-new hospital facility on 90 acres of land it purchased off University Drive in Marinette. Groundbreaking was held in May 2016 for the new $135 million project, which BAMC has partnered with Aurora Health Care to construct. The site will become home to a new, three-story hospital with an expanded Emergency Department, a Regional Cancer Care Center, a new Women’s Health Center, private patient rooms, cardiology services and physician’s offices. At the same time the new hospital is being built, the Aurora Bay Area Health Center on Old Peshtigo Road is being remodeled to accommodate offices for primary care physicians, X-ray and laboratory services. At the groundbreaking ceremony in 2016, Tony Furton, chairman of the BAMC board of directors, said the board had spent “nearly a decade” working toward this day. Health Care Bay Area Medical Center “Good things come to those who wait,” he said, providing a historical look back on the creation of the original Marinette General Hospital in the 1930s and the major renovations that followed in the 1970s. Furton said plans for major changes discussed in 2007 were derailed with the recession and revisited in 2011. Furton said that bonding has helped pay for some of the project, but the majority of the funding has come from BAMC and Aurora. There is no cost to taxpayers for the construction. “As everybody knows, the health care landscape is changing rapidly. Our board is very proud of the way we have anticipated those changes,” Furton said. “We’re confident in the 31 •
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